Fulvifomes robiniae

Fulvifomes robiniae, commonly called the cracked cap polypore, is a fungus of the family of Hymenochaetaceae. The fungus primarily infests black locusts, aided by openings caused by Megacyllene robiniae infestation, but also grows on various other trees such as Carya, oak, and Acacia. Cracked cap polypore is sympatric with most of its hosts. It has a brown spore print, leaving brown streaks on the tree below the fungus.^[3]

Fulvifomes robiniae
Fulvifomes robiniae infecting black locust
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Hymenochaetales
Family:	Hymenochaetaceae
Genus:	Fulvifomes
Species:	F. robiniae
Binomial name
Fulvifomes robiniae (Murrill, 1903) Murrill (1914)[1]
Synonyms[2]
Synonymy Pyropolyporus robiniae Murrill, 1903 Fomes robiniae Murrill, 1905 Polyporus robiniae Murrill, 1908 Phellinus robiniae Ames, 1913 Scindalma robiniae Teixera, 1986 Fomitiporella robiniae Teixera, 1992

Fulvifomes robiniae Mycological characteristics
	Pores on hymenium
	Cap is offset
	Hymenium attachment is not applicable
	Lacks a stipe
	Spore print is yellow-brown
	Ecology is parasitic
	Edibility is inedible

The species was formerly considered part of the genus Phellinus, but was moved to the genus Fulvifomes when that genus was resurrected based on morphological and molecular phylogenetic evidence.^[4]